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Walt Disney dreamed for decades about opening the ultimate
entertainment venue, but it wasn't until the early 1950s that his
handpicked team began to bring his vision to life. Together,
artists, architects, and engineers transformed a dusty tract of
orange groves about an hour south of Los Angeles into one of the
world's most beloved destinations. Today, there are Disney resorts
from Paris to Shanghai, but the original Disneyland in Anaheim,
California, which has been visited by more than 800 million people
to-date, remains one of America's most popular attractions. From
the day it opened on July 17, 1955, Disneyland brought history and
fairy tales to life, the future into the present, and exciting
cultures and galaxies unknown to our imaginations. This bountiful
visual history draws on Disney's vast historical collections,
private archives, and the golden age of photojournalism to provide
unique access to the concept, development, launch, and enjoyment of
this sun-drenched oasis of fun and fantasy. Disneyland documents
Walt's earliest inspirations and ideas; the park's extraordinary
feats of design and engineering; its grand opening; each of its
immersive "lands" from Main Street, U.S.A., to Tomorrowland; and
the park's evolution through the six decades since it opened. It is
a treasure trove of original Disney documentation and expertise,
with award-winning writer Chris Nichols drawing on his extensive
knowledge of both Disneyland and Southern California history to
reveal the fascinating tale of "the happiest place on Earth."
The world is on a knife edge. The current pandemic has brought into
sharp focus the overhanging questions about how we work and how we
live. All of our ecological and human systems are stressed and
failing, and the human beings operating in the systems are
distressed in trying to cope with the magnitude of change thrust on
them. All of our clients are conscious of the impending confluence
of shifts in our economic, political, democratic, trading systems,
and see how these sit in a world of massive technological change
and environmental catastrophe. It is easy to despair at the
magnitude of the shifts, but despair doesn't butter any bread. What
is needed is effective and practical innovation. Our clients hire
us to help them find ways to respond and to develop the leadership
styles and collaboration practices that make a different future
possible. Everyone is working on this now. Our book remains a
frontier book because very few companies or organisations have got
this right yet. This is the book of the moment that will help
practical leaders to create the world of today and tomorrow. The
work arises out of the authors' 20 years' + experience working with
organisations of all sizes in all sectors on the strategy and
change challenges outlined above.
When former HGV owner driver Chris Nicholls retired after 23yrs.
trucking, he discovered the lure and freedom of the road was too
much to give up. Having bought a second-hand van, he started
another career as a courier. This book is full of anecdotes, humour
and informative advice for anyone else thinking of doing the same.
It is a compendium of thoughts and stories covering over twenty
years behind the wheel of a van. Problems and cock-ups that dogged
his commercial vehicle driving career followed him like a puppy
into his courier life.
William Doyle, affectionately known as Billy by his friends and
family was almost thirteen when World War Two began. He was an
innocent lad with a vivid imagination who had to come to terms with
growing up in a war torn Britain. His zest for life landed him in
some sticky situations as he put the disciplines of home life to
the test. Billy experienced self-doubt like any other teenager, and
found himself questioning values on many occasions. "William's
Wondrous War" shows another side to life during WW2. Through
Billy's hilarious adventures and frequent mishaps, we see what real
life was like for young people in a country at war. Historically
accurate and bulging with nostalgia, this book is not just a great
read for adults. It would also make an ideal read for junior
schools working on WW2 topics. Get ready to discover William's
Wondrous War.
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Monsters (Paperback)
Hugh Fritz, Chris Nichols
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R293
Discovery Miles 2 930
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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This book is a humorous account, an autobiography, of my twenty
three year career as an owner driver between the mid-seventies and
the nineties. It is a sequence of events with characters who have
wandered into my life to make it a memorable adventure. It
commenced when I found a derelict truck, complete with birds'
nests, in a scrap yard and ended, under challenging circumstances
compounded by VOSA. It includes a compilation of short stories, a
written portrait of spilled secrets and recollections capturing
moments in time. The latter were usually legal, sometimes dubious
but on hind sight, often funny. The content consists of situations
that should captivate and astound people, both in and out of the
industry and much of it will ring bells of familiarity with 'old
timers'.
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